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Is a Bag Enough?
Trauma scene flights are often the first thing people think of when they think of Helicopter EMS. Although we know that HEMS and Critical Care Transport involves much more than just scene flights, they are still a critical part of most HEMS programs’ mission and capabilities. In addition, many flights are “modified scenes” or “scene intercepts,” meaning the HEMS crew meets the EMS crew at an outlying hospital helipad, or arrives shortly after the patient’s arrival to an under-resourced ED. Many of these patients are critically ill, and a subset will require intubation and ventilation. Once intubated is bag valve ventilation enough? Or should all these patient’s be placed on a mechanical ventilator?
Air Care Series: Machines Inside of Machines - CPR in flight
While high-quality CPR delivers the best outcomes in cardiac arrest, this is challenging in a transport environment. Dr. Connelly reviews the evidence behind mechanical chest compression in CPR, exploring its practicality to the Helicopter EMS (HEMS) environment.
Grand Rounds Recap 9.11.19
Drs. Winslow and Habib started the Grand Rounds off with a case-based discussion on the Centor Criteria and testing for strep pharyngitis. Drs. Walsh and Sabedra led an interesting discussion about a case of TTP. In his R4 Case Follow Up lecture, Dr. Nagle presented about DKA and family presence during resuscitation. Dr. Hogan, one of the EMS Fellows, gave a great presentation about the current controversies in cardiac arrest management. Finally, the week wrapped up with some great simulation and cases from our PEM fellows about post T&A bleeds, PTA, and acute chest syndrome.